18 JUNE 1988, page 45

No. 1530: Whirling Words

Much has been made lately of the laun- derette. Please provide celebratory verse (maximum 16 lines) for this or another convenience shop. Entries to 'Competition No. 1530' by 1......

Competition

Perverse verse Tom Castro I n Competition No. 1527 you were asked to supply a short poem perversely con- tinuing from some famous line. In 1955, Competition No. 285 asked more......

Crossword

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or, for UK solvers, a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £13.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) for the first......

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